Blog Assingment 5

Classic- "of the first or highest quality, class, or rank".  http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/classic

 I would define 'classic' as withstanding the test of time, lasting throughout generations, never fading away. I believe that classic stories must include the following.

• high quality- if a book lasts through time then it must be written well and something that readers could always relate to.

• Also, classics to me would be for example Alice In Wonderland, Cinderella, Peter Pan, etc. that the setting (century the story was written) could never truly be determined just by picking up the and reading it. These stories don't seem realistic which I believe engages the reader; lasting throughout time.

The book I am currently reading is "Movers & Fakers" and I strongly believe that it is not worthy to ever be a classic. What I have realized when thinking of books that I consider 'classics' is that they all of the settings that the stories take place in are not really places or could ever be a real place. Many of the books I have read take place in actual places like California or Washington and include things like cell phones and Ipods that wouldn't be in stories form the 1900's for from a hundred years from now. Overall, I believe that this story is not ever worthy of becoming a classic.

Blog Assignment 4

"Charlie longed to take off and get some breathing room for a few minutes to escape the pressure-cooker vibe. And she knew that once Allie was in the air, she’d feel better too.

“Okay, Okay, fine. I’m not wussing out,” Allie sighed.

“Let’s fly.”" (Lisi Harrison, Movers & Fakers, Page 4)

 A event that takes place in the beginning of this novel is when Charlie is too scared to take flight in a plane that is abnormally small. I can relate to this because I remember when I was about 6,  I was offered a ride in my uncles small propeller plane but I balled my eyes out the whole time having a small case of claustrophobia. While reading this section of the novel I visualized this event that took place in my personal life to this event in the book. Also this event relates to other events that take place in the book. The connections I made are text-to-self and text-to-text while reading Movers & Fakers. 

Blog Assingment 3

"Before I came here I was worried about going into ninth grade."(Susan Juby, Getting the Girl, page 4). Sherman Mack is the type of person who never stops worrying. He is always worried about his looks, his personality, his friends, his grades, and anything else he could be worried about. In this section of the book he was worried about himself starting high school and making new friends. Also he was worried about Dini, a grade 10 student, who is on the break of getting defiled (mentioned on page 12). I think that Sherman will really start to know his true self  better as the book progresses so he won't always be worrying about himself  as much anymore.

-PS I have about 10 pages of this book left and JUST started my second book and have only read 2 pages of it so I didn't know the personality of that character yet. Sorry about doing 2 blog posts on the same book (hope that's OK).

 

I chose this video because 

Sherman Mack needs to learn to just be happy and not worry so much.

Blog Assingment 2

I am currently reading "Getting the Girl" by Susan Juby. In this novel it follows the life of an average kid Sherman Mack attending Harewood Tech in grade 9. There are the average jocks, scholars and everyone else in between but also there are the Defiled. Only girls get defiled and it's usually because they have been messing around with guys too much or have done something totally not right, therefore they are totally ignored. Sherman has the 'hots' for Dini (a grade 10 student) but is worried she will shortly get "D-listed" so he does all that he can to find out who the defiler is and tries to stop them.

"Getting the Girl" by Susan Juby has taken me on the ride of high school's ups and downs and I am loving every minute of it! Her grammar choice and sentence structure has mad me feel like I am actually in the mind of Sherman Mack with the details she uses. The drama she wrote about Sherman is mind blowing and I cam sometimes relate to his issues. I think that making the reader feel like he/she is involved in the story is the best way to keep them interested. I would defiantly recommend this novel to anyone ,girls or boys,  because of its details and plot.

Blog Assingment 1

I chose this quote "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx" because it relates to my personal life outside of the school environment. The first reason I chose this quote is that it has humor incorporated with facts. Personally I have a difficult time reading at school because I am easily distracted but at home it's a totally different story. I can relate and refer to books which is why I love to read them. Also at home my comfort is books and well my dog which relates to this quote. Secondly and finally this quote contains humor and my favourite type of book to read is something that makes you giggle. When reading this quote it made me giggle which brightens your day. Due to these reasons I could tell that this quote suited me best so that is why i chose it.


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